The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-01-29
WAYsIDE NOTES.

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There i,;,, been two grand jurics iii ses-
sion the past week. One by day and one
by night.
Jonas G. Clark, a rich citizen OF Worccs-
ter, Mass, is to give. 81 ,oo0.Geo to fonnd
university III that city.
The New York Worlds scheme to elect
Roscoe Conkling to the Senate o'd NOT ma
terialize. SIore's the pity.
The v;genettes of Martin Van Buren, anu
Samuel J. Tilden will soon appear upon
notes issued by the United States Treas
ury.
They don't know Gov. Lowry, Of Mis-
sissipi. now as 'sMy Dear Bob" He has
won the sobriouet Of the ''Unpardonablc
Pardoncr.''
Gen. Phil. Sheridan, Gen. Thos. l..
James, Gen. n. Z. Banks, Ben ferley
Poore and Boniamin p. Shillaber, VINO
wrote the Mrs. Partington articles, all
began life AS newsboys or ''printer's
devils"
Tho proposed candidacy of Judge j. c.
Noncure for Governor has been received
with so much favor throughout the north
and north western portions Of the State.
that even the most Jealous friends OF that
distinguished gentleman have been sur"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Reriew.
Now is tho season of the year for ye hgri-
cultural editor to advise planters now 20
plant and gardeners how to set out things.
The Beacon man ''sets out' this way :
"People should be moro cautious about
tsxNS,y
too carly in the season to set fire out A
cold snap might come and freeze it.
Some ono recently sent Mr.. Gladstone Il
letter criticising A1r. John Bright's action
on the Irish question. II remain sllens on
it," replied Mr.. Gladstone, "for one rea-
son only-that after my former relations
with that distinguished man and the kind
and loyal aid he has often given mo, l
do not mean, i'll can help it, to write or
speak one word whici. ga" possibly give
him pain"
"Puckotte among his exchanges is
breezy and spicy feature OF the Shreveport
Tim es. It is tho most laborious work i'm
posed upon him as the editor of a daily pa
per- for to do it we'll, as he does 1t, vast
amount Of close reading is required. Won
teen ed contemporary stoal column after
column of it without so mucl, as "by your
leave" We know of one who does 1t.
Says the Monroe Telegraph: "'rhe dcnlo-
Gratis of Louisiana don't want any such
inugwumpery as the proposed alliance be-
tween Gov. Nichols and his friends and
the Republicans" The Telegraph, we
may remark on pasaut, is out for John c.
Moncure for Governor, and apparently
wants to see both Nico!ls and McEnery out
OF the Gubernational cont Test. --'S"Go1
Planter.
That's what.
A jackson Democrat in Washington
writes to the Post as follows: Gen. Badeau
calls Andrew Jackson "an uncouth man.
have heard the late Gen. Ethan Aller
speak of our patron saint as man of ele
giant but unaffected manners. My owr
father, graduate from the National Mill
tary School, a man who saw the world, sale
that J. was, when not excited, a man o
perfect ease, as we'll as great dignity o
manner, and, whenever occasion called
scrupulous in attire. James Buchanan j
said to have attempted to lead him to Sc
verer form and "store Clothes" when th
impetuous old man, retaining his fire ull
til he could see the whites of the enemy
ewes, as at Chalmette, said {: "Mr. Buch
anan. knew man in Tennessee wb
made a large fortune by mindins his ow'
business
Two bales Of cotton belonging to 5. "
Ramsey & Co., of Spearsyille, were partl
burned last Monday nj yht in STEMS camI
yard. They were set on fire by the care
less handling of a torch near them by
rather careless and indifferent negro. III
cotton was damaged considerably. AS I
the negro, If he has not already been dan
aged too much we would kindly sugge:
the vigorous application of a dose Of set
soned vegetable matter. 2lE feet by
inches, administered to him while i'll a *
cumbent positIon.-FdinerrtUc Adtoc1t
ASS rule newspapers are advocates ofia
and order, and it is only in the most e:
treme cases that resort to violence is eve
countenanced. Two wrongs never make
right. The second in the above instau
would be infinitely more far-reachins
its tendency for evil than the brst. v
cannot understand how reputable new
paper can give such sdvice. Il frust :!
be a true Advocate.